July 2011 - support - lists.drupal.org

Getting Page Title module to work
by Beatrix Willius 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi, how do I get the module Page Title to work? I uploaded the module, enabled it, but I can't find anything to configure in the /admin/by-module section. Neither does has anything been added when editing a node. Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Regards Trixi Willius http://www.mothsoftware.com Mail Archiver X: The email archiving solution for professionals

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multiple file transfers
by Joe Java 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hello I have looked but can not find any easy way in Drupal to move many files back and forth between the client and server. Multiple file upload and download seems to be missing in Drupal core. Ideally there should be a simple file drag and drop module for moving files between client and server. Any modules cover this or is anything being worked on that would allow drag and drop of files and directories? Joe

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Aegir
by Roger 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Been looking at Aegir on ubuntu 11 server, it seems like it makes drupal management easier, it this true or just another overhead? Is Aegir usefull or not for multi site and multiple site server? Has anyone installed drush and Aegir into Fedora 14? What are the gotchas to watch out for? Is it safe enough to change the aegir.sh installation file to point to Fedora paths? Thanks Roger

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Re: [support] Dynamic remote database access
by Ms. Nancy Wichmann 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

No, I didn't, but will try it later. Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP (781) 697-6344 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. From: "Metzler, David" <metzlerd(a)evergreen.edu> >To: Ms. Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich(a)bellsouth.net> >Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:14 PM >Subject: RE: [support] Dynamic remote database access > > >I tried your test, but I did not get the same behavior as you did. Just adding the url did not make it try and connect. >Did you remember to change your base connection to $db_url[‘default’] prior to adding the secondary connection string? > >Dave > >From:Ms. Nancy Wichmann [mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net] >Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 12:09 PM >To: Metzler, David >Subject: Re: [support] Dynamic remote database access > >I haven't even gotten as far as to use db_set_active. I was just checking that the settings.php worked as intended, which it does not. Try it on your local site: enter another db connection, but with an incorrect password. At the very least, authentication is happening whether you are physically accessing the DB or not. And when I tried accessing a truly remote DB with correct userid and password, it failed because MySql was trying to add my local IP address to the userid. In this case, I am not an admin in any way, shape, or form on the remote DB and cannot even try adding a user id containing the IP address (whatever it may be today). > If this were not under Drupal, I would just try a straight mysql_connect, but i don't think that is very Drupally. > >Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP >(781) 697-6344 > >Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. > > > >From:"Metzler, David" > >Not sure how you are accessing your remote db, but it seems odd that it should open a connection before one is required. The settings.php shouldn’t cause a connection to the db, it just defines the connection stirng. > >It seems that when set_active is called then the conection gets opened. If that only happens in a cron hook then that should only happen then. Where are your set_active calls coming into play here? > >

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Re: [support] Dynamic remote database access
by Michael Prasuhn 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

1) I don't see a reply to Mr. Metzler. 2) What we've said to you is 100% accurate. Unless you try to query the site (which you're already said you only do on cron), Drupal will ignore the extra db connection string, and your site will be fine. $db_url is just a global variable that holds configuration. 3) If it's really such a big deal then do something like this: <?php // Oh I need to connect to another DB global $db_url; $cur_db = $db_url; $db_url = array('default' => $cur_db, 'another_db' => 'mysqli://user:pass@host/dbname'); db_set_active('another_db'); $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM table'); db_set_active(); //....process $result -Mike Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote: > Not true -- see my reply to Mr. Metzler. > /*Nancy*/ > Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. > King, Jr. > > *From:* Michael Prasuhn <mike(a)mikeyp.net> > *To:* support(a)drupal.org; Ms. Nancy Wichmann <nan_wich(a)bellsouth.net> > *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 3:02 PM > *Subject:* Re: [support] Dynamic remote database access > > Drupal 6 is pretty much going to ignore any additional (non-default) > connections specified, if $db_url is an array(), unless you try to > connect. No problem putting the connection string there and using > only when you need it. This is even true for DBTNG backport module, > although it has other ways of setting up connections after Drupal > has boostrapped. > > -Mike > > > Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote: > > No, the $db_url method simply will not work because we cannot > guarantee > > that the remote will always be accessible. If it's not, there is no > > reason why our site should not be. Once in a while (cron), we > need to go > > get some data from that database; if it's not available at that > time, we > > will merely log the error and try later. > > /*Nancy*/ > > Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. > Martin L. > > King, Jr. > > > > *From:* Fred Jones > > > > Not clear what the question is. does this help: > > http://drupal.org/node/18429 > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Ms. Nancy Wichmann wrote: > > > I know that the "standard" way to access another database is to > > include it > > > in $db_url in the settigs.php file. This has the undesireable > > effect that > > > the remote database must be available all the time. In my case, > > we only need > > > to access the remote DB a few times a week via a cron job, where > > much better > > > error handling is available. I haven't yet found a way (I'm still > > searching > > > DO) to do this. Does anyone have any good ideas? This is Drupal 6 > > - don't > > > bother suggesting an upgrade. Replication is probably not an > > option because > > > we shouldn't have access to, nor need, everything in the remote DB. > > > > -- __________________ > Michael Prasuhn > 503.512.0822 office > mike(a)mikeyp.net <mailto:mike@mikeyp.net> > http://mikeyp.net > > -- __________________ Michael Prasuhn 503.512.0822 office mike(a)mikeyp.net http://mikeyp.net

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nivo slider permission
by Kevin Anderson 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

I have a nivo slider installed in drupal. It works when i am logged in but when you view the website without signing in no content displays. any suggestions?

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Fatal error: Allowed memory size
by Kevin Anderson 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

I am having trouble when working with drupal actually up on the server. Everytime I save something it gives me this error. * "Fatal error*: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 45 bytes) in */data/16/1/19/132/1508295/user/1622796/htdocs/wordpress/sewerratracing/includes/database.mysql.inc* on line *160" *it seems to be a different path every time but the same message.* *has anyone encounterd this? and have any solotions? Thanks, Kevin* *

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Dynamic remote database access
by Ms. Nancy Wichmann 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

I know that the "standard" way to access another database is to include it in $db_url in the settigs.php file. This has the undesireable effect that the remote database must be available all the time. In my case, we only need to access the remote DB a few times a week via a cron job, where much better error handling is available. I haven't yet found a way (I'm still searching DO) to do this. Does anyone have any good ideas? This is Drupal 6 - don't bother suggesting an upgrade. Replication is probably not an option because we shouldn't have access to, nor need, everything in the remote DB. Nancy Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

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Multiple fields in a table rather than one per table?
by Wipe_Out 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, I am wanting to create some custom fields in the user profile but it seems that D7 creates a new table for each field which isn't logical in some instances.. For example I want to get users to put in their addresses on their user profiles.. So I want to have fields for.. House number Address line 1 Address line 2 County / State Country Code By default this would create 6 tables.. How do I get D7 to create a single table with the 7 fields? Thanks for any help..

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altering views settings programmatically
by toon severijns 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hello All, I want to alter the header message of my view depending on some logic (whether a specific node is flagged or not). Where do i best include this in the hook system? Any help greatly appreciated! Best, Toon

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